Barrel support



June-1s, 1925.@

A. OLSON BARREL SUPPORT Filed Dec. 26, 1925 Vy/Eff 05.5072

fluomw 5 supporting the latter in a Patented June 16, 1925.

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, Apulien@.attraente 2e 192s Seial:itineraire Dakota have twente@ Certain andre@- 'ul lnprotcments in Barrel. Supports, of whichthe ,following 1S a. specltcatiou.

This.nreutonrelates to inrroyements in the constructOn'O; stands for barrels has for,v itsobject to produce adevice of this character-which is.v of an, extremely' Simple @beenl but' Streisand @fleet-1y@ Constructionwhereby. the same, may be. easily alltlquickly secured to .barrels V if" dyitlierent sizes to provide a supportfifor barrel. and whereby the barrels may,V be tilted readily Vto permit Of the, delivery*` Ot fluidi. position whennotthusfused, so thaty lealingofthe om, 01 raised te a standing ther Contents through the opening the barrel for theiaucetsf-will be thus veffectively prevented and also whereby said barrel may be effectively handled.

Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, and the same consists in the novel form, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shownl in the accomppanying drawing and claimed. y f y In the drawing, wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views: l n Figure 1 is aside elevation illustrating the improvement applied to a barrel and Substantially horizontal tilted position.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the improvement.

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the device shown in Figure 1, and v Figure l is an enlarged fragmentary view partly in section and partly in side elevation showing one of the adjustable arms of the longitudinal rods.

The stand or barrel support is preferably constructed ot met-al and comprises a trans-y theirlower ends by'means of abasermem- Be it kneyyn. .that LALrRrD OLSON, Citizen of the UnitedV States, residing*atlarlgin the county of Clarkl and.StateE of" South:

ber 6b, the several members and 6"' being Contested; together by means @if the transf verserneinbers 'i'I at the bottom of the vupright. A The members 7 are preferably in the nature .of4 rods having threaded ends with nuts disposed thereon at the inner and outer sides of, the upright members ha' andV 6l "sof es te maintain them in. @Ontsilonel'elateu at their lends. p n

hecr'adle memberZ 5 consistsot a rod of semi-oval f orrn as shown in Figure 3 with outturnedhorizontal end portions Sthat are installed; the upper @asset theluuliisht-S 6 andl connecttheupper endsothel members 6 ot said uprights.A longitudinalrod n Centrally intersects the rCradle member 5 and isgrigidl'y securedg tol the latter, so as toet@ tend along the barrel yfrom end tol end' of,

the. latter when the saine -is disposed within the Credi@ member 5 @sellers Hi Flames 1.,. This rod is composed' of forward-y wardly extending arm of the rod is longer than the rearwardly extending arm thereof, so that the uprights 6 and the cradle mem-k ber 5 may be positioned nearer the bottom o" the barrel 10 than the top thereof, or to one side of the transverse center of the barrel as shown in Figure 1, when the hooks 9 are engaged with the barrel chines. This rod comprises an inner forward army Section 11, and an inner rear arm section 12, in the ends of which are longitudinally slidably disposed the outer arm sections 13y and 14, upon the outer ends oi which the hooks 9 are formed. Thus the arms oi: the longitudinal rod are adjustable in length and in order to maintain the outer arm sections 13 and 14.- in any adjusted position, the outer ends of the inner arm sections 11 and 12 are provided with set screws 17 adapted to bind upon the inner ends of the outer arm sections 13 and 14. v

As shown more clearly in Figure 3, the transverse cradle member 5 is not of true semi-circular form, but is substantially semioval so that barrels of diierent diameters may be disposed thereon and properly centered between the uprights 6. It is thus apparent that the device is formed in a simple and practical manner for accommodating barrels of diiifering heights or lengths and of differing diameters.

By reason of the fact that the uprights 6 and cradle 'member 5 are positioned to one side of the transverse axis or center of the barrel, the remaining of the latter in its tilted position under the influence of gravity is insured,` and in order to sustain the barrel in its horizontal tilted position against further tilting movement, a folding leg 19 is provided on the adjustable outer arm section 13 of the longer arm of the longitudinal rod, the leg 19 having its upper end pivoted as at 20 to the arm section 13 so that said leg may be parallel with said arm section 13 when not in use.

From the above it will be seen that the ends of the cradle member 5V form pivots or fulcrums whereby the longitudinal arm and the cradle may be tilted with the barrel about a horizontal axis relative to the uprights 6 and when the barrel is positioned upright the supporting frame including the uprights 6 may be readily tilted so as to allow the same to swing clear of the floor or other support whereby the barrel may rest upon said floor or support. Also, it will be seen that the device may be bodily tilted so as to raise the barrel from the floor for permitting the standards or uprights 6 to sustain the weight thereof, after which the barrel may be tilted about the axis defined by theends of the cradle 5 for assuming a horizontal position as shown in Figure 1, in which position it is sustained by the action of gravity and the engagement of the lower end of the leg 19 with the floor or other support.

From the above description, it is believed that the construction and operation, as well as the advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

That I claim as new is:

A barrel stand lcomprising a pair of substantially triangular uprights disposed in transverse spaced parallelism, connecting members between the bottoms of said uprights, anV arcuate cradle having its opposite ends pivoted to the upper ends of said uprights, longitudinally extensible barrel engaging devices extending in opposite directions from the center of said cradle, one of said devices being of a length greater than the remaining one to dispose the cradle at a point slightly beyond the transverse center of the barrel, and a depending prop pivoted at its upper end to the long barrel engaging device inward of the free end of the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALFRED OLSON. 

